Overshoe for horses.



MABEL BLACKMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

OVERSI'IOE FOR HORSES.

7 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 7,1916.

Application filed July 81, 1915. Serial No. 42,976.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MABEL BLAOKMAN, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of the city of Newv York, borough of Manhattan, in the countyand State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Overshoe forHorses, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in view are:to provide an overshoe of the character mentioned with removable wearingmembers and a rigid sole plate partially covering said weardetail viewof a call: or wearing plate with which the shoe is provided; and Fig. 4is a vertical section, showing the overshoe as applied in service to thehoof of a horse.

Descriptin.As seen in the drawings, the overshoe has a rigid sole 9formed preferably from thin plate metal and shaped to form an upstandingannular flange 10. The flange 10 is omitted at the rear or heel of theshoe to avoid injury to the frog of a horses hoof and to facilitate theplacement of a calk plate 11. To lighten the construction of the sole 9,the center is cut out to form an opening 12, which in service is coveredby the center of the plate 11. The sole 9 is also lightened by formingtherein the openings 13, 14, and 16.

The flange 10 is provided at suitable intervals with perforations 17,through which rivets 18 are passed for holding the upper 19. The upper19 is preferably constructed of leather, but any suitable pliablematerial may be employed. The upper is shaped to fit the upper part ofthe hoof and is provided at the rear with extensions 20, upon which aremounted the fastening strap sec tions 21, 22, the latter of whichcarries a buckle 28 to engage the section 21 in the conventional manner.The extensions 20 of the upper 19 protrude beyond the rear ends of theflange 10 to infold the heel of the hoof, in the manner shown best inFig. l.0f

the drawings. When the strap sections 21 j are united in service theupper 19 is drawn closely to the upper wall of the hoof, while the sole9 holds the plate 11 securely in contact with the service shoe 24 thatis secured to the hoof in the conventional manner.

The service shoe 24 is usually a smooth shoe, that is to say, unprovidedwith calks. It will be understood, however, that while this form ofservice shoe is best adapted to the overshoe, nevertheless .a serviceshoe having calks could be used in conjunction with an overshoe,constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention. Theplate 11 is shaped to conform'with the contour of the sole 9. Rigidlymounted on the'plate 11 are calks 25,26 and 27, said calks being shapedand arranged to conform with the openings 13, 14 and 15 respectively. Itwill be noted that the calks 25 are disposed on the plate 11 forextension through the openings 13 in the sole 9, in positioncorresponding with the side of a hoof to which the overshoe is applied.The calks are preferably elongated and the arrangement thus provided,avoids the sidewise slip of the overshoe. The calks 26 and 27 areprovided to check the pulling strain exerted by the horse on theovershoe and plate 11 thereof. To prevent rattling of the plate 11 andthe sole 9, the former is furnished with two or c more connecting posts28. The posts 28 are suitably perforated, to receive when in service,cotter pins 29. When installing the plate 11. the posts 28 are forcedthrough the sole 9 until the perforations in the said posts are exposedto receive the cotter pins 29.

079erat2'0n.-The overshoes are ordinarily employed as emergency shoesand are carried during ordinary service. loosely in the vehicle beingdrawn by the animal for which the shoes are intended. When unexpectedlva sleet or snow storm arises, the driver adjusts the overshoe to thehoof of the animal. The plate 11 is usually disposed on the sole 9 priorto adjusting the overshoe to the hoof, the cotter pins 29 holding theplate 11 in service relation to the sole 9 during the inactive period ofthe overshoe.

The overshoe is adjusted to the horses hoof are arranged to the frog ofthe hoof to prevent the subsequent chafing of the strap sections 21 and22, which are then united and drawn closely to the hoof to bind theovershoe in service relation. It will be noted that the plate 11covering as it does, the opening 12, prevents the admission of snow ormud to the hoof of the animal, pre venting what is known as balling,while the calks 25, 26 and 27 furnish amplepurchaseor grip of the shoeon the pavement. The calks 25, 26 and 27 save the sole 9 and overshoefrom wearing. As the calks wear away or become dull and requiresharpening, the plates 11 are replaced, it being customary to carry twoplates for each shoe, the calks one of which may be sharpened orreplaced while the other is in service.

Claims:

1. An overshoe for horses comprising a flexible upper for covering theupper Wall of a hoof, said upper embodying free end extensions to coverthe hoof of an animal;

means for holding the end extensions in service relation; a perforatedrigid sole shaped to conform to the hoof of a horse; and a calk plateremovably attached to said sole by calks extending through said sole,said plate being adapted to support the Weight of the horse and theservice shoe held on the hoof thereof.

2. An overshoe for horses comprising a flexible upper for covering theupper wall of a hoof, said upper embodying free end extensions to coverthe hoof of an animal; means for holding the end extensions in servicerelation; a perforated rigid sole shaped to conform to the hoof of ahorse; a calk plate removably attached to said sole by calks extendingthrough said sole, said plate being adapted to support the weight of thehorse and the service shoe held on the hoof thereof; a plurality ofposts rigidly mounted on said plate to extend through said sole; andmeans engaging said posts in exposed relation to said sole, said meansbeing removable to permit the withdrawal of said plate from servicerelation to said sole.

8. An overshoe for horses comprising a flexible upper for covering theupper wall of a hoof, said upper embodying free end extensions to coverthe hoof of an animal; means for holding the end extensions in servicerelation; an open-centered rigid sole having a series of openings formedtherein for the passage of calks therethrough; an annular flange rigidlymounted on said sole surrounding the edge of the same, except at theheel portion thereof; means for rigidly attaching said flange and saidupper; and a calk plate having a series of calks rigidly mountedthereon, said calks corresponding in shape and location with theopenings in said sole to extend therethrough.

4:. An overshoe for horses comprising a flexible upper for covering theupper Wall of a hoof, said upper embodying free end extensions to coverthe hoof of an animal; means for holding the end extensions in servicerelation; an open-centered rigid sole having a series of openings formedtherein for the passage of calks therethrough; an annular flange rigidlymounted on said sole surrounding the edge of the same, except at theheel portion thereof; means for rigidly attaching said flange and saidupper; a call: plate having a series of calks rigidly mounted thereon,said calks corresponding in shape and'locatlon with the openings in saidsole to extend therethrough; a plurality of fastening posts rigidlymounted on said plate to extend through said sole; and removablefastening devices for engaging said posts to secure the same and theplate to which they are attached in service relation to said sole.

In witness whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

MABEL BLAGKMAN.

Witnesses:

E. F. Munnoox, PHILIP D. RoLLrIAUs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner oi latents,

Washington. D. G.

